Mine detail: Sainte Genevieve

Previously called 'CornwallChicagoSwanseaHerzogGrass'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.90006, -90.1501

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver, Iron, Lead
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Malachite, Tenorite
Gangue: Calcite, Chert
Orebody form: LENTICULAR CHIMNEY (BRECCIATED ORE)
Other material: Limonite
Discovery year: 1863

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1876
Last production ended: 1916

Geology

Host rock:Powell Dolomite
Host type:Limestone,Chert
Structure:Ozark Dome, Bedding Dips 5 Degree E. Faults Near By But Not At Mines.
Alteration processes:Dolomitization, Silicification

References

MRDSW016772
DEP10072186
Reference{Deposit:: BAIN, H.F., AND ULRICH, E.D., 1905, COPPER DEPOSITS OF MISSOURI: USGS BULL. 267, P. 36-39.}{Deposit:: NICHOLSON, FRANK, 1882, A REVIEW OF THE STE. GENEVIEVE COPPER DEPOSITS: AIME, V. 10, P. 444-456.}{Deposit:: KINKEL, A.R., 1967, COPPER, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND WATER RESOURCES, V. 43, P. 63-68.}{Deposit:: WHARTON, H.M., MARTIN, J.A., RUEFF, A.W., ROBERTSON, C.E., WELLS, J.S., AND KISVARSANYI, E.B., 1969, MISSOURI MINERALS--RESOURCES, PRODUCTION, AND FORECASTS: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND WATER RESOURCES SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 1, P. 47 (45-50).}{Production:: BAIN AND ULRICH, 1905, P. 37.}
ReporterWeeks, Robert